BEIJING -- The death toll in China's major earthquake increased by 3 overnight to 69,130 as of Friday noon, the Information Office of the State Council said.
Another 374,031 people were counted as injured and 17,824 listed as missing in the 8.0-magnitude quake that jolted southwestern Sichuan Province and some other areas on May 12.
A total of 46.16 million people were affected by the quake, according to the office.
Hospitals had treated 94,774 injured survivors as of Friday noon, of whom 75,722 had been discharged and 16,463 were still being treated.
By midnight Thursday, nearly 1.13 million quake survivors had been found and evacuated by rescuers, according to the office.
Relief supplies, including 848,800 tents, 4.76 million quilts, 13.28 million garments, 757,900 tons of fuel oil and 1.61 million tons of coal were sent to the quake-hit areas by Friday noon.
The office said that as of Thursday, relief workers had built up 33,900 temporary houses for the homeless people, while another 17,900 were being installed and the material for building 72,000 makeshift houses had arrived in the affected areas.
As of Friday, 3,967 enterprises have resumed operation in the quake regions.
The quake has so far caused more than 200 billion yuan of economic loss to the industrial and mining enterprises in the quake regions, with 1,489 firms remaining closed.
